Southeast Asia (A History In Objects)
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Southeast Asia is home to numerous world heritage sites. Through engaging texts and expertly curated objects from the British Museum collection, arranged chronologically and thematically into seven chapters, this volume offers a new approach to one of the most complex and diverse areas of the world. Every object tells a story in a wide-ranging and accessible selection that illuminates the civilizations, societies and local cultures that have defined Southeast Asia over the past 6,000 years.
From the emergence of early agricultural communities and stratified societies to the rise of powerful empires and religious developments in Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, and to the eras of colonial rule and independence, curator and art historian Alexandra Green traces and explores the variety of Southeast Asian cultures. The texts describe the region through a broad range of objects, including sculptures from the historic civilizations of Java, Angkor, Bagan and Sukhothai, as well as ceramics, furniture, religious items, basketry, textiles, popular posters and contemporary art. This book is an informative visual delight for curious minds everywhere.
From the emergence of early agricultural communities and stratified societies to the rise of powerful empires and religious developments in Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, and to the eras of colonial rule and independence, curator and art historian Alexandra Green traces and explores the variety of Southeast Asian cultures. The texts describe the region through a broad range of objects, including sculptures from the historic civilizations of Java, Angkor, Bagan and Sukhothai, as well as ceramics, furniture, religious items, basketry, textiles, popular posters and contemporary art. This book is an informative visual delight for curious minds everywhere.
Extent: 272 pp
Format: hardback
Illustrations: 417
Publication date: 2023-02-20
Size: 24.0 x 17.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500480878
Format: hardback
Illustrations: 417
Publication date: 2023-02-20
Size: 24.0 x 17.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500480878
Introduction
1. Early cultures: 30,000 years ago to c. 500 CE
2. Kingdoms: c. 300–1500 CE
3. Trade, diplomacy and empire: c. 1400–1940
4. From the everyday to the sacred: 1600–2020
5. Narrative and performance
6. Textiles and basketry: women’s perspectives
7. The 20th and 21st centuries
1. Early cultures: 30,000 years ago to c. 500 CE
2. Kingdoms: c. 300–1500 CE
3. Trade, diplomacy and empire: c. 1400–1940
4. From the everyday to the sacred: 1600–2020
5. Narrative and performance
6. Textiles and basketry: women’s perspectives
7. The 20th and 21st centuries
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Dawn Rooney, author and Art Historian specialising in Southeast Asia
About the Author
Alexandra Green, the Henry Ginsburg Curator for Southeast Asia at the British Museum, has written and edited numerous books and articles on Southeast Asia’s arts and material cultures. Publications and edited volumes include Raffles in Southeast Asia: Revisiting the Scholar and Statesman (2019), Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, and Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings (2018) and Rethinking Visual Narratives from Asia: Intercultural and Comparative Perspectives (2013).